Best Tuna Salad Italian Style Recipes

ITALIAN-STYLE TUNA SALAD

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Italian bread, tomato cubes, capers, tuna, olive oil, olives, onion, and cucumber make this an extravagant and exotic salad!

Provided by BR Cook

Categories Salad Seafood Salad Recipes Tuna Salad Recipes

Time 20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 slices Italian bread, cubed
3 tomatoes, cut into small pieces
1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 (5 ounce) can tuna, drained
20 black olives
1 tablespoon capers

Steps:

Mix olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper together for the dressing.
Mix bread, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, tuna, olives, and capers together gently. Pour dressing on top and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 217.9 calories, Carbohydrate 14.7 g, Cholesterol 9.4 mg, Fat 13.7 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 10.7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 402.1 mg, Sugar 4.6 g

ITALIAN STYLE TUNA SALAD

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The weather has been too hot to cook and ones imagination is put to work taking old standards and putting a twist on them; I give you Italian Style Tuna Salad.

Provided by Catherine Cappiello Pappas @LadyGourmet

Categories Tuna Salads

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

- 2 (5 oz.) cans of solid white tuna - drained and shredded with a fork
- 1 tsp. capers - plus 1 tsp. caper juice
- 4 leafy stalks of celery - chopped
- ¼ red onion - chopped
- 4 baby carrots - chopped
- ½ cup chopped black olives
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- dressing:
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tsp. sugar
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- 4 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

Combine the tuna and all of the ingredients in a bowl. Mix the dressing and add. Toss and chill. Serve on a bed of your favorite greens.

TUNA SALAD, ITALIAN STYLE

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Make and share this Tuna Salad, Italian Style recipe from Food.com.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories Tuna

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2 (6 1/2 ounce) cans tuna packed in oil, drained
3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice or 3 teaspoons fresh lime juice
4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 garlic clove, crushed through a press
6 leaves red leaf lettuce, rinsed and drained
1 cucumber, peeled, trimmed and cut into spears
1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch thick diagonal slices
1/3 cup pimento stuffed olive
2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and halved

Steps:

Turn the tuna out onto a plate; do not flake or stir.
Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons lemon juice and 2 teaspoons olive oil.
Sprinkle with the pepper and let stand.
In a bowl, combine the celery, red and green peppers, onion, and garlic; add in the remaining lemon juice and oil; toss to blend.
Add the tuna to the vegetable mixture; toss.
Arrange the lettuce leaves on a large serving platter or on individual plates.
Spoon the tuna mixture into the center; garnish with cucmber, carrot, and eggs.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 295.2, Fat 15, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 122.6, Sodium 386.8, Carbohydrate 8.1, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 3.7, Protein 31.4